
Republicans Make Big Gains in U.S. Midterm Elections
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: November 3, 2010) The Republican Party has gained control of the U.S. House of Representatives and cut the Democratic Party's majority in the U.S. Senate after resounding victories throughout the country in yesterday's midterm elections. President Barack Obama described the Democratic losses as a "shellacking." Four Muslim Brotherhood members were arrested in Egypt. International observers have already denounced the upcoming elections in Myanmar as flawed. In Germany, a bionic eye is allowing the blind to see again.